Decreasing utilization of hysterectomy: a population-based study in Olmsted county, Minnesota, 1965-2002

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214.e1-214.e7

  Babalola, Ebenezer O ^a   Bharucha, Adil E ^b   Schleck, Cathy D ^a   Gebhart, John B ^a   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^a   Melton III, L Joseph ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; hysterectomy; indications; population utilization rate

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 33847373673     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.10.390     Document Type: Article

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